Katmandu wrote:So is the concensus that all teas in loose form black, oolong,green and white all contain some theanine?

The following information is lifted from a publication titled Green Tea and Human Health, page 30. It's a pamphlet that was written by Dr. Itaro Oguni, Prof. of Food Science, Dept. of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Hamamatsu College. This pamphlet came to me recently via a Den's tea order. No references are cited for this particular information.

murrius wrote:I love this thread! It refuses to die. You have to admire the sheer tenacity of a thread like this one. The staying power..... the determination....

Brain chemistry and tea. What a combo! I'm suprised that this thread hasn't brought out our chemistry enthusiasts. I remember being quite struck by the mood altering effect of green tea when I first started to drink it. Now I notice it less. Probably because my baseline mind/body is now more in line with the state of mind that drinking tea helped to produce in the first place. It's official - I have tea brain.

Caletara wrote:I read that green and white tea contain L-theanine, which acts has a calming effect on the body. Does anyone know anything more about this, or if all green teas or Adagio teas contain this?